Niels peteh



July 6 1926. 1,591,579

N. P. THYGESEN iiANDBALL, PUNCHBALL, AND THE LIKE Filed Dec. 24, 1924 ATTORNEY.

Patented July 6, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NIELS PETER TI-IYGESEN, OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.

I-IANDBALL, PUNCHBALL, AND THE LIKE.

Application filed December 24, 1924, Serial No. 757,796, and in Denmark February 5, 1924.

This invention relates to balls for playing various kinds of gan'ies where kicking is not included or allowed, and which balls consist of an inner inflatable bladder or ball to he blown up and an outer cover.

The object of the present invention is an in'iproved arrangement of the insertion of the inner elastic bladder as well as safekeeping and pinching together the hosevalve leading to same.

In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is made to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 shows an upper View of the ball.

Fig. 2 shows a piece of the bladder with the hose-valve doubled up.

According to my invention I produce an outer cover oi a strong but soft stuti such' as cloth and the like. The cover consists of a number, preferably eight, of identical pieces of the said stulf, a, sewed together in such a way that the pointed termination of the pieces shapes the two poles b of the ball. One of these eight end-pieces c is left free, 2 the seams terminating about 3 inches from the pole, thus producing a closing-flap 0. Beneath this closing-flap is a stop-flap 6 consisting of a piece of the same stuff sewn to the two side-pieces of the cover and terminating an inch below the tree edges of the closing-flap thus leaving tree entrance h for insertion of the inside bladder. In the middle of this inner stop-flap is a hole 9, tln-ough which the hose-Valve (Z from the 85 bladder is run. For fastening the closingflap hooks and eyes 2' and j are sewn respectively below the point edge of the closingflap and the stop-flaps termination by the pole.

The ball is made ready for use in the following way:

The bladder rolled up lengthwise is inserted through the opening it inside the out er cover, whereupon the hose-valve d is put through the hole 9 in the stop-flap. Air is blown into the bladder. The bladder is closed by merely doubling up the hose and in this position squeezed between the stopflap e and the closing-flap c, where the pressure from the bladder will keep up this po- 5 sition and prevent outflow of the air. The projecting end of the hose d is once more doubled up between the flaps, and the closing-flap is hooked together with the stoptlap by the pole.

What I claim as my invention is A ball, comprising, in combination, an in ner bladder having a flexible tubular inlet stem, a casing formed of a plurality of strips of material, each strip tapering to a point at (515 each end thereof, said strips being stitched together along their edges to form an approximately spherical casing, the stitching of one of said strips being omitted at both sides thereof from one end to a predetermined point in the length of the strip there by to provide an approximately triangular flap movable for opening and closing the casing, an inner stop flap stitched to the strips adjacent to said closing flap, said stop flap being provided with an opening for the passage of said tubular stem to a position between the flaps whereby upon inflation of the bladder the tubular stem is confined between said flaps thereby to prevent escape 2 of air from the bladder, and means for securing the closing flap in closed position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

NIELS PETER THYGESEN. 

